With reference to this topic and bug, I have a solution.
https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/25971/
After seeing the same problem and being unable to restore wpforo to a new server, I have communicated with Servmask.
This appears to be a wpforo problem, not a all in one wp migration plugin problem.
Wpforo is changing the original database tables. They are all stored and imported correctly by AIOWPM.
Wpforo developers please resolve issue. It is imperative that the forums can be backed up and migrated correctly.
The solution:
- On the new server I deleted all the wpforo database tables
- I re-ran the AIOWPM import - all tables then appeared correctly in the db.
- This proves AIOWPM correctly stored and imports the database.
- The forum still wasnt working at this point.
- In Wordpress>wpforo>Tools>Database Tables, errors were indicated
- Ran the repair option here and everything started working OK
For reference this is how wpforo changed the database tables;
Original as exported by AIOWPM
After wpforo modified tables
Guys, turn the photo resolution up, it's illegible.
Hi @alan
wpForo supports a multiboard system, so its database tables are structured with the board ID. For example, a table may be named wp_wpforo_2_posts, where 2 is the board ID.
By default, when you install wpForo and don't use the multiboard system, the default board ID is 0. Even if you don't create any additional boards, the default board is still required.
It seems that during the migration from one server to another, the board ID was somehow changed from 0 to 1. As a result, the board ID stored in the database is no longer correct.
Please go to wpForo > Tools > Database Tables and click the [Repair] button. This should correct the database table structure and resolve the issue.
In short, it looks like the migration tool did not properly preserve the 0 board ID and somehow changed the value during the migration.
It is not the migration tool changing the dB as it imports correctly from the same file after you delete the tables. The changes therefore must be done by WPforo
Also the repair function was tried after the initial migration and it did not work.
Servmask All in one WP Migration is one of the most common and popular migration tools out there. I have used it for many years and it's always worked perfectly with all plugins.
May I respectfully suggest you get a copy and do some testing.